/etc/fstab problem

mokojin · 08-31-2004, 11:10 AM

hi all

this is my current /etc/fstab:

/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /mnt/c ntfs auto,ro,user,exec,suid 1 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/d vfat auto,rw,user,exec,suid 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

My purpose is that as user i can access hda1 for read-only and hda2 for read and write.

At the moment as user I get "permition denied" when entering the /mnt/c and /mnt/d directories.

help?

m_yates · 08-31-2004, 11:25 AM

/dev/hda2 /mnt/d vfat auto,users,owner,exec,umask=000 0 0

and

/dev/hda1 /mnt/c ntfs auto,users,owner,exec,ro,umask=0222 0 0

Should work I think.

rjlee · 08-31-2004, 11:28 AM

Check the permissions of the /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 devices. /dev/hda2 needs to be writeable by users in order to let you write to the partition.

Code:

chown root.users /dev/hda2

or

Code:

chmod o+w /dev/hda2

(Doing this with tmpfs is a bit harder).

The second thing to check is if you need a “mode” or “umask” option in fstab. “user” just allows regular users to mount and unmount the partition, and “rw” just allows something to write to the device if it has enough permissions to do so (mainly this just enables the write-caching). Read through

Code:

man fstab

This might also be a permissions issue with the /mnt/ directories. A directory needs to be both readable and executable before you can “cd” to it or list its contents, and must be writable before you can create files. You can see the permissions of a directory using:

Code:

ls -ld /mnt/c

Hope that's of some help,

— Robert J. Lee

m_yates · 08-31-2004, 11:35 AM

Once you have fstab set up, you should be able to access the drives in /mnt/c or /mnt/d as a regular user, because fstab sets the permissions. If you put "noauto" in fstab, you should also be able to mount them as a regular user by running "mount /mnt/c" NOT "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/c". To run "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/c" you would need to be root.

mokojin · 08-31-2004, 11:56 AM

that's my problem, setting up /etc/fstab i can't figure it out

kingterr0r · 08-31-2004, 11:57 AM

quick and easy way to get access to that folder containing the partition, chmod -R 777 /mnt/c

mokojin · 08-31-2004, 12:06 PM

doesn't work

m_yates · 08-31-2004, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mokojin
that's my problem, setting up /etc/fstab i can't figure it out

Did you try the fstab entries I posted above? They work for me.

mokojin · 08-31-2004, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by m_yates
Did you try the fstab entries I posted above? They work for me.

sorry i haven´t seen your first post, now it works

but the umask=000 and umask=0222 what it means?